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Scooter party

Posted Dec 16, 2011 at 9:08 am by
Categories: Cars

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Anyone want to start a gang?

Meet me on 22nd just below Folsom.

7 comments

7 Responses to “Scooter party”

  1. andy says:
    December 16, 2011 at 9:11 am

    With the exception of the one to the far left, those scooters are new, Chinese-made Italian-stamped, plastic nightmares. Gimme the car on the right.

    • VespaRepair says:
      December 22, 2011 at 10:34 pm

      Hi Andy, the wheels, wiring harnesses and brake levers come from China, the variator assembly comes from Taiwan. The body is still made of steel but there are some plastic trim pieces. The gas tank, glovebox and handlebar covers are plastic because they need to be, other pieces are plastic most likely to save money. Vespa assembly still takes place in Italy at the Pontedera factory.

  2. J-Lub says:
    December 16, 2011 at 9:13 am

    I think the dude that lives there runs a little scooter repair biz out of his garage. He is always tinkering with those little guys.

  3. CKChew says:
    December 16, 2011 at 9:51 am

    Already have one. A scooter and a scooter gang, that is.

  4. JOEY JOJO says:
    December 16, 2011 at 10:01 am

    Yes, the guy runs a Vespa repair shop out of his garage:

    http://www.vespistisf.com/

    He also has a nice Fiat (I think) tucked in the garage. Seems like a nice enough guy. I chat with him about my motorcycles and it seems as if he is doing more and more business over the months so I suppose he is OK. The folks on Yelp seem to like him:

    http://www.yelp.com/biz/vespa-repair-san-francisco

  5. moderniste says:
    December 19, 2011 at 3:45 am

    I think it’s kinda hilarious that the vespisti website has a huge graphic of what looks like a 1968-69 Vespa GS, one of the most-wanted and collectible of all the classic Vespas, and then on their policy page, they state: “we do not service the following- vintage vespa scooters, mopeds, piaggio mp3, piaggio bv, piaggio x9.”

    • VespaRepair says:
      December 22, 2011 at 11:19 pm

      Hi Moderniste, the Vespa on the graphic is a Vespa SS90 manufactured between 1965 and 1971. I use vintage images because I’m a bit of a nostalgist. I don’t work on the vintage scooters as they are already well taken care of by Barry at SF Scooter Centre.